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Eat Smart Move More Kershaw County (ESMMKC) has been striving to make Kershaw County a healthier community. They were awarded a grant through the Healthy South Carolina Initiative to fund a county-wide trails and greenways plan. The county-wide trails and greenways plan will improve the access to physical activity by mapping out trails and greenways […]

Eat Smart Move More Kershaw County (ESMMKC) was recently awarded a grant from Eat Smart Move More SC through the national Community Transformation Grant. The funds are provided through the Healthy South Carolina Initiative (HSCI), and are intended to create healthier communities and to bridge the gaps in health by making community-wide changes that reduce […]

On May 30, ESMMKC and the City of Camden hosted a Complete Streets Implementation Workshop in Camden. In July 2011 the Camden City Council adopted a resolution that created a complete streets policy for the city. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together stakeholders from across the community to develop an implementation plan for […]

In 2009, Eat Smart, Move More… Kershaw County was awarded a national grant from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to participate in the Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental ChangE (ACHIEVE) initiative. This three a year process which will include further assessmetns of the physical environment and the development and implementation of […]

Eat Smart, Move More… Kershaw County (ESMMKC) received funding to be a “control group” for the BITE grant. The BITE grant project in Kershaw County consisted of identifying bike routes throughout the County and identifying areas where Share the Road signs and bike racks were needed. After this assessment was completed, ESMMKC began the process of […]